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Chechen Ramzan Kadyrov has officially commented on the drone strike that hit the high-rise complex in Grozny, promising to exact ‘cruel revenge’ for the attack while insulting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Chechen Ramzan Kadyrov has officially commented on the drone strike that hit the high-rise complex in Grozny, promising to exact ‘cruel revenge’ for the attack while insulting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
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Foreign students will no longer be accepted at Georgia’s state universities starting next academic year, leaving private universities as their only option to study in the country.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Foreign students will no longer be accepted at Georgia’s state universities starting next academic year, leaving private universities as their only option to study in the country.
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The BBC’s recent investigation, suggesting Georgian police used a WWI-era chemical against protesters in November–December 2024, has triggered strong reactions across ruling and opposition circles.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The BBC’s recent investigation, suggesting Georgian police used a WWI-era chemical against protesters in November–December 2024, has triggered strong reactions across ruling and opposition circles.
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From the next academic year, school uniforms will once again become mandatory in all public schools from grades 1-6.
🔺 This was announced by the Education Minister Givi Mikanadze during a presentation of the National Concept for General Education Reform.
🔺 This was announced by the Education Minister Givi Mikanadze during a presentation of the National Concept for General Education Reform.
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
From the next academic year, school uniforms will once again become mandatory in all public schools from grades 1-6.
🔺 This was announced by the Education Minister Givi Mikanadze during a presentation of the National Concept for General Education Reform.
🔺 This was announced by the Education Minister Givi Mikanadze during a presentation of the National Concept for General Education Reform.
Ten high-ranking priests issued a statement expressing their expectation that Catholicos Karekin II, the head of Armenian Apostalic Church, would ‘voluntarily go on leave’ amidst the ongoing rift between the state and the Church.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Ten high-ranking priests issued a statement expressing their expectation that Catholicos Karekin II, the head of Armenian Apostalic Church, would ‘voluntarily go on leave’ amidst the ongoing rift between the state and the Church.
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Georgian opposition figure Aleko Elisashvili has been arrested for attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court’s chancellery. If found guilty on terrorism charges, he could face 10–15 years in prison.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Georgian opposition figure Aleko Elisashvili has been arrested for attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court’s chancellery. If found guilty on terrorism charges, he could face 10–15 years in prison.
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⭕ OPINION: Narek Karapetyan distorts reality on the Tucker Carlson show, helping create yet another pro-Russian piece of propaganda.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
⭕ OPINION: Narek Karapetyan distorts reality on the Tucker Carlson show, helping create yet another pro-Russian piece of propaganda.
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Poland’s Labour Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk has issued a regulation that will revoke the current simplified employment procedure for Georgian citizens, making a popular EU destination for Georgian workers harder to access.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Poland’s Labour Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk has issued a regulation that will revoke the current simplified employment procedure for Georgian citizens, making a popular EU destination for Georgian workers harder to access.
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The 2025 DataFest Tbilisi festival opened on Thursday without some of its planned media participation, in a last-minute decision citing ‘security concerns’ by the organizers following the publication of a smear piece by pro-government media TV Imedi.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The 2025 DataFest Tbilisi festival opened on Thursday without some of its planned media participation, in a last-minute decision citing ‘security concerns’ by the organizers following the publication of a smear piece by pro-government media TV Imedi.
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Russian police have again detained Lena Patyaeva for holding a solo protest demanding an investigation into the alleged death of her friend, Chechen native Seda Suleymanova.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Russian police have again detained Lena Patyaeva for holding a solo protest demanding an investigation into the alleged death of her friend, Chechen native Seda Suleymanova.
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The Georgian authorities have vowed to ban certain single-use plastic items, including plates and cups, starting from 2026. The government has already submitted the draft law to parliament and is requesting that it be fast-tracked.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Georgian authorities have vowed to ban certain single-use plastic items, including plates and cups, starting from 2026. The government has already submitted the draft law to parliament and is requesting that it be fast-tracked.
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Tbilisi City Court has terminated a case in which jailed media founder Mzia Amaghlobeli was seeking a retraction from Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze over accusations he had made against her.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Tbilisi City Court has terminated a case in which jailed media founder Mzia Amaghlobeli was seeking a retraction from Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze over accusations he had made against her.
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Armenian PM Pashinyan has asked visiting US Under Secretary of State Allison Hooker to clarify what steps Washington is taking to secure the release of 23 Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Armenian PM Pashinyan has asked visiting US Under Secretary of State Allison Hooker to clarify what steps Washington is taking to secure the release of 23 Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan.
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Oil Change International, a fossil fuels watchdog, has found that 40% of the crude oil Israel imported during the Gaza War was of Azerbaijani origin.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oil Change International, a fossil fuels watchdog, has found that 40% of the crude oil Israel imported during the Gaza War was of Azerbaijani origin.
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Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has pushed back against comments by his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan that opening the Armenia–Turkey border now would undermine Yerevan’s motivation to sign a peace deal with Azerbaijan.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has pushed back against comments by his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan that opening the Armenia–Turkey border now would undermine Yerevan’s motivation to sign a peace deal with Azerbaijan.
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The United States government has greenlit AI startup Firebird’s export of advanced Nvidia processors to Armenia for a $500 million artificial intelligence supercomputing facility, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The United States government has greenlit AI startup Firebird’s export of advanced Nvidia processors to Armenia for a $500 million artificial intelligence supercomputing facility, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
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The $6 billion Emirati investment project by Eagle Hills has stoked controversy in Georgia after the government decided to classify the details of the agreement.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The $6 billion Emirati investment project by Eagle Hills has stoked controversy in Georgia after the government decided to classify the details of the agreement.
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The Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) has added Sergei Guriev, an economist born in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, to a list of ‘terrorists and extremists’.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) has added Sergei Guriev, an economist born in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, to a list of ‘terrorists and extremists’.
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Chechnya’s Culture Ministry has urged designers against the use of elements ‘originally associated with men’ in women’s clothing, citing the use of gazyrs — gunpowder cartridges found on Caucasian traditional clothing — on hoodies for women.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Chechnya’s Culture Ministry has urged designers against the use of elements ‘originally associated with men’ in women’s clothing, citing the use of gazyrs — gunpowder cartridges found on Caucasian traditional clothing — on hoodies for women.
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Imprisoned Abzas Media editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi has won the Courage Prize as part of the 2025 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Awards.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Imprisoned Abzas Media editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi has won the Courage Prize as part of the 2025 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Awards.
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The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced plans to prevent Georgians residing abroad from voting in parliamentary and local elections, citing fears of ‘political pressure’.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced plans to prevent Georgians residing abroad from voting in parliamentary and local elections, citing fears of ‘political pressure’.
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Armenian PM Pashinyan defended his government’s sharp increase in foreign debt, stating that much of the additional $8 billion was taken on because Armenia urgently needed weapons and had no suppliers willing to sell them — except Russia.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Armenian PM Pashinyan defended his government’s sharp increase in foreign debt, stating that much of the additional $8 billion was taken on because Armenia urgently needed weapons and had no suppliers willing to sell them — except Russia.
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Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General has demanded that Nagorno-Karabakh’s detained former leadership, which includes three former presidents and 12 other officials, be handed sentences ranging from 16 years to life imprisonment.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General has demanded that Nagorno-Karabakh’s detained former leadership, which includes three former presidents and 12 other officials, be handed sentences ranging from 16 years to life imprisonment.
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Two Armenian opposition podcast hosts, Narek Samsonyan and Vazgen Saghatelyan, were detained today following searches of their homes, after a criminal complaint filed by parliamentary speaker Alen Simonyan.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Two Armenian opposition podcast hosts, Narek Samsonyan and Vazgen Saghatelyan, were detained today following searches of their homes, after a criminal complaint filed by parliamentary speaker Alen Simonyan.
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Russia claims that Armenia plans to buy Ukrainian grain, rather than Russian grain, for political reasons. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has rejected this, calling the claims ‘absolutely absurd’.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Russia claims that Armenia plans to buy Ukrainian grain, rather than Russian grain, for political reasons. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has rejected this, calling the claims ‘absolutely absurd’.
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